Carnival Spirit - September 18 to 30th 2012

Oh Wow!!! We have a details on our second Sailing with Scissors cruise.
Here is the scoop:

This time we will be sailing on the Carnival Spirit. The cruise leaves the port in Vancouver and cruises the various Hawaiian islands. Then, you fly back home.

The date is September 18th to the 30th 2012. Yes, this is next year. However, this is a one time sailing and sells out quickly.

All pricing is in US DOLLARS.

Inside Cabin is $1092 per person includes port taxes and govt fees
Outside Cabin is $1382 per person includes port taxes and govt fees
Oceanview Cabin is $1562 per person includes port taxes and govt fees

These prices are subject to change (meaning increase) at anytime.

Additional costs would be classes, air fare, extended stays in Honolulu. If you have travel points, this is a good time to use them.

The deposit is $500 per person and cabins will be based on double occupancy.

Another cruise adventure awaits us cardmakers.

CANT BOOK CONF ROOM WITHOUT DEPOSIT

If you are interested in joining the fun aboard the Carnival Spirit, Donna needs $500 per person deposit as soon as possible.

Donna is not allowed to book the conference room for our stamping classes without booking TWENTY CABINS.

We need to book the conference room otherwise sharing classroom space with looky-loos at the bar.

Please call Donna at 604-644-5562

Don't delay.

New Hawaiian Cruise!!!!!

Drum roll!!!! Guess What???!!! I am pleased to announce Jessie Hurley, owner of Cherish the Thought will be hosting another cruise...this time we are going to HAWAII!!!!!!
Wow! We don't have dates or details except that the cruise will be September 2012. We will be sailing from Vancouver, have a few days at sea, then cruise around the Hawaiian Islands. It will be at least 10 days in length. At the end of the cruise we will be flying back to Vancouver. If you wish, you can spend a couple of extra days in Honolulu before flying back.

We have a few "for sures" we know we can tell you about:

1) Our fabulous travel agent, Donna will be organizing the travel arrangements for our cruise again. Ask Donna about the monthly pre-payment plan. Take a bow Donna!
2) Our plaid wearing sidekick, Celina will be doing her (in)famous daily newsletters and updating this blog. Hey wait a minute...that's me.
3) We will have ONE class per day when we are at sea. We received feedback that two classes a day is too much. In this way, guests can bring their projects from home to work on in the afternoon, or just work on their tans at the pools. Jessie will be teaching classes and I'll be announcing other instructors at a future date.
4) We will have a card swap and play the wood mount game again - these were hits. OK, we have figured out how to do the wood mount game so that the same person doesn't get her own stamp back. You two ladies know who you are.
5) Christmas cards were nice last year, but classes next year will have other occassion cards as well.
6) The goody bags were a hit last year and they will be a hit next year.


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We'll keep you posted on the details.

Hugs, Celina

Goodbye and Thank you!!!!

On behalf of myself, Jessie Hurley, Donna and Celina, I would like to thank all the wonderful participants of this wonderful cruise. Thank you to our guest instructor Diana Crick. Thank you also to the spouses who were good sports in supporting their cardmaking wives and their new friends.
New friendships were made, new techniques were learned and a great time was had by all.

We had a few "bumps" which will be fixed for next time, Yes, there will be a next time with another cruise.

We will cherish the wonderful memories of OTT lights and Joann's in Alaska, Pandora bracelets, Florida invitations, a new appreciation for Chilliwack, facials, Herman, cute waiters, nightly newsletter deliveries, blinking drink lights, and the list goes on and on.

Who could ever forget our attempts at getting group pictures at the exact time cruise entertainers decided to do a dance show, right in front of all of us.

Wishing you happy cardmaking!

See you next time!

Love, Jessie

All pics on Photobucket

Hello,

Did you miss taking a picture of a special dinner or funny incident? Well, you won't have to be disappointed any longer. We have set up a SailingwithScissors Photobucket account that contains albums of guests who have downloaded their pictures.

If you need the password, please call me at the store.

If you haven't downloaded your pics to the site, please do so - we'd love to see your pics.

Cheers
Jessie

Another card made from goody bag swag

Here is another card made from the awesome items in the goody bag. The picture is leftover from Jessie's Vintage card class. Jessie did an awesome technique in which one side of wide double sided tape is stuck on the picture. The backing of the other side of the tape, which is on the picture is removed. Then, sugar beads are sprinkled over the picture to cover it completely. You get a really nice frosted effect.

Goody Bag Projects

Our cardmaking guests received a really nice goody bag filled with beautiful paper, ribbon and embellishments. Here is a card made with the paper from the paper pack. The picture is an extra from Jessie's vintage class. Very nice.

Card Swap Winner

Congratulations to Sharon D who won the card swap. What a gorgeous card. It was a tight race. As you can see below, she had tough competition.
There was a really cute Christmas fireplace that you don't see in the cards below. That was sent away for Christmas for a friend who doesn't have a fireplace. I'm afraid I can't remember which wonderful person made the card. You can see it on the card swap video.

Vicki, you will notice that your card isn't showing below. It was given to a really nice little girl for her birthday. She loved the card which was light sage with a blingy flower and butterfly. Sorry Vicki. You and Marie are going to have to come on the next cruise, enter the card swap, so that we can have the picture of your card below. :)

Card Swap Pics

Class Fun

Here are some pics of the class participants having fun. We had a conference room reserved which was called the "Cardstock Group". The cruise director said we couldn't call the room a cardmaking class, otherwise non-registered guests would want to join the classes. It was only for our "Sailing with Scissors" bunch.

Glaciers

The glaciers were breathtaking.

Here are some pics of the train ride.

Some of us went on a really cool train ride. It was so warm and sunny that one of us fell asleep on the train...zzzzzzzz. You know who you are. It wasn't Ms. Gail who is pictured here, looking fab.

There was a film crew in a helicopter filming the sights and the train.

Is that Bob, Roy or Jim???

We had a three husbands who came on the cruise to provide moral support for their cardmaking spouses. You guys were really good sports. I'm not saying they didn't had fun, just ask Mr. Sudoko Runner Up Prize Winner. A round of applause for Roy, Jim and Bob.

You don't believe me about the Alaskan weather, eh?

Here are some more beautiful Alaskan pictures. Again, the weather was awesome.

Wow! That was fun!

We have been back for a while and it has been busy, busy, busy with the holidays coming fast. Now that Christmas is here, it is time to do some catching up.
We definitely had lots and lots of fun.
First, the weather was INCREDIBLE. We didn't have one day of rain or snow. It was sunny the whole trip.
Here is our ship - Rhapsody of the Seas. It looks like it is sitting on a glass table top.